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Re: What does the OpenType font "Open" mean?
In the mid-90s, the intermediate stage between TrueType—as it had been licensed from Apple by Microsoft and extended with some new tables (e.g. OS/2)—and OpenType was what Microsoft called TrueType O…8 -
Re: Angled quotesingle and quotedbl
Straight quotes originated on typewriters, where it meant a single key could be used for opening and closing quotes, minutes and seconds, and feet and inches. And that is still how most people type, …1 -
Re: What is the proper name to give to each Weight? — TyMS WEIGHTS (#TW) THESIS.
PS. I have for a while now thought that the only way to achieve optical equivalence interoperably—not just in terms of weight, but also proportion—may be to standardise a common reference model.4 -
Re: What is the proper name to give to each Weight? — TyMS WEIGHTS (#TW) THESIS.
I think the distinctive way in which you are trying to use Semi and Demi is not workable. Taken literally, both imply half, and insofar as they have conventionally distinct usage, I think Semi is use…6 -
Re: Copyrighting Font Software
NOT LEGAL ADVICE Software copyright is widely based on the concept that source code is a literary work. Basically, that is how copyright registrars decided to handle this thing that was new and unfam…5
